June 2016 - MARMAM - devlists.uvic.ca

10 Day Research Survey off Cornish coast, UK, 29 August - 8 September
by Sam Nichols 29 Jun '16

29 Jun '16

*Marine Mammal Research Survey* *29 August – 8 September 2016, Falmouth, Cornwall* Join us for this exciting new 10 day research survey off the Cornish coast where you will gain hands-on experience in marine mammal monitoring via visual and acoustic surveys. Practical skills you will acquire: - Boat-based monitoring - Visual surveys for cetaceans, pinnipeds, basking sharks and seabirds - Passive Acoustic Monitoring theory and practice - Photographic identification - Data collection and mapping techniques This is a great opportunity to work on the 54 ft sail boat, The Hardiesse, carrying out marine wildlife surveys, learning valuable skills that will benefit you in your future academic or professional career. This course could also give you the means to gather data for your end of year dissertation project. MORE ABOUT CORNWALL MARINE LIFE Cornwall is an extremely diverse area for marine wildlife. Just off the coast of Falmouth we have our summer visitors, Risso’s dolphins and Minke whales, and we may still have basking sharks lurking around the coast. August is the best time of the year to record the smallest cetacean, the Harbour porpoise, which are residents around the coast all year. We also have an inshore pod of bottlenose dolphins which roam the coastal waters of Cornwall as well as an offshore pod which we can find further offshore; Common dolphins are very common inshore and offshore, and grey seals are present is the coastal waters. We should also be seeing a huge range of seabirds including the Gannets, Fulmars, Skua’s and shearwaters. Room-sharing accommodation and lunch will be provided. Please contact training(a)seiche.com or you can book online at www.seichetraining.com

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New paper: social responses of long-finned pilot whales to sonar, tagging and killer whale sounds
by fvisser＠kelpmarineresearch.com 29 Jun '16

29 Jun '16

Dear all, We are pleased to announce that our paper: "Disturbance-specific social responses in long-finned pilot whales, Globicephala melas" was published today. The paper is open access in Scientific Reports, and available at: http://www.nature.com/articles/srep28641 Abstract Social interactions among animals can influence their response to disturbance. We investigated responses of long-finned pilot whales to killer whale sound playbacks and two anthropogenic sources of disturbance: tagging effort and naval sonar exposure. The acoustic scene and diving behaviour of tagged individuals were recorded along with the social behaviour of their groups. All three disturbance types resulted in larger group sizes, increasing social cohesion during disturbance. However, the nature and magnitude of other responses differed between disturbance types. Tagging effort resulted in a clear increase in synchrony and a tendency to reduce surface logging and to become silent (21% of cases), whereas pilot whales increased surface resting during sonar exposure. Killer whale sounds elicited increased calling rates and the aggregation of multiple groups, which approached the sound source together. This behaviour appears to represent a mobbing response, a likely adaptive social defence against predators or competitors. All observed response-tactics would reduce risk of loss of group coordination, suggesting that, in social pilot whales, this could drive behavioural responses to disturbance. However, the behavioural means used to achieve social coordination depends upon other considerations, which are disturbance-specific. Best regards, Fleur Visser

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New publication on stomach content of a Mediterranean Monk Seal finding of Green Turtle remains
by Arda M. Tonay 28 Jun '16

28 Jun '16

Dear All, Apologies for cross posting. We would like to inform you that the new paper on stomach content of a Mediterranean Monk Seal finding of Green Turtle remains has been published in the Zoology in the Middle East. The paper is available online at the following page. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09397140.2016.1202947 Alternatively, pdf requests can be sent to atonay(a)istanbul.edu.tr Tonay, A.M., Danyer, E., Dede, A., Öztürk, B., Öztürk, A.A. 2016. The stomach content of a Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus): finding of Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) remains. Zoology in the Middle East. doi: 10.1080/09397140.2016.1202947 Abstract The stomach contents of an adult Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) found stranded on the Turkish eastern Mediterranean coast near Antalya in May 2013 were analysed. In total, 69 individual food items were counted and nine taxa were identified to species or family level. Of the identified taxa, Sparidae was the most highly represented family of prey fish, and one cephalopod species, Octopus vulgaris, was found. Ariosoma balearicum and Argyrosomus regius were encountered for the first time in the diet of a Monk Seal in the Mediterranean. Several body parts (three heads, six forelimbs, neck bones and fractured upper forelimb bones) of Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) were also identified, which is the first record of this species in the Monk Seal's diet. Regards Arda Arda M. TONAY Ph.D Faculty of Fisheries, İstanbul University Marine Biology Dep. Ordu Cad. No:200 Laleli, 34480 İstanbul, Turkey Tel: +90 212 455 5700/16459 Fax: +90 212 514 0379 atonay(a)istanbul.edu.tr http://suurunleri.istanbul.edu.tr/ Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV) P.O. Box 10 Beykoz, İstanbul, Turkey Tel: +90 216 424 0772 Fax: +90 216 424 0771

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Rehab and Education Internship with Seal Rescue Ireland
by Seal Rescue Ireland 28 Jun '16

28 Jun '16

Seal Rescue Ireland has immediate internship openings in July, and is also accepting applications for the Fall season. Please see below for a full job description. Seal Rescue Ireland is a very busy marine animal rescue and rehabilitation facility located in Courtown Ireland. It is the only seal rehabilitation facility in Ireland and responds to strandings along the entire coast of Ireland. Most strandings are Grey and Common Seal pups who have been wounded, orphaned or injured. The facility is currently accepting applications for their internships starting in July and Fall. This is a full time position for a minimum of 12 weeks. Priority will be given to candidates who can stay a longer period of time. *Reports to: *Animal Care Manager *Job Summary:* This position provides the intern with work experience in the rescue and rehabilitation effort of stranded marine mammals. The candidate is responsible for assisting in the daily husbandry care and maintenance of rehabilitation animals. Participation in the rescue groups educational program and fundraising program are required. Each intern will be responsible for planning one fundraiser or similar project. *Requirements: *Applicants must have a background or interest in areas of study such as Pre-Vet, Biology, Zoology, or any other animal related field. Applicants must have the ability to understand and follow written and oral instruction, and have effective communication skills. Applicants should be agile with a good sense of balance in order to maneuver around the exhibits and holding areas, and must be able to lift 25 kilograms. Applicants must possess the ability to adapt to an ever-changing work environment, and be available to work nights, weekends and holidays. Public speaking skills are highly encouraged. Previous animal care and handling skills are preferred. *Duties Include:* · Daily animal diet preparations, routine cleaning of enclosures and work areas. · Assist with rescue and release of stranded animals. · Assist with the rescue hotline. · Assist in the care and maintenance of the Center’s rehabilitation animals.(feeding, restraining, medical treatment, daily care) · Participate in educational talks and tours. · Maintain and update medical records. · Help to ensure that the rehabilitation clinic and quarantine area is stocked and prepared to receive animals. · Provide assistance to the Manager and rehabilitation staff as needed. · Assisting with fundraisers and educational events · Assisting with clerical duties and office work as needed (it is a small rehabilitation centre so you will gain experience in all aspects of how a rehabilitation centre runs and operates) · Performs other duties relating to the Center’s goals and mission statement as required. *This is an unpaid position. For some applicants Intern housing is available at 85 Euro/Week (includes food) if desired. Interns are responsible for all travel expenses.* *Send a resume and cover letter and available dates to:* Attention: Rehabilitation Internship sealrescueireland(a)gmail.com Telephone: 087 461 3798 www.sealrescueireland.org Find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/sealrescueireland

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PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING OPERATOR COURSES
by Yvonne Miles - Scanning Ocean Sectors 27 Jun '16

27 Jun '16

*We are pleased to announce our new PAM training courses for 2016/17.* *Scanning Ocean Sectors* specialises in training, consultancy and supply of *Marine Mammal Observer (MMO)* / *Marine Fauna Observer (MFO) and Passive Acoustic Monitor Operators (PAMO) *worldwide. We are a Passive Acoustic Monitoring Operators course for industry and research and have been running for over 13 years. Our training courses are about ensuring professionalism and high standards of knowledge within the industry. Our highly experienced staff facilitate private training courses to students in a classroom environment, attaining new theoretical and practical skills and competencies on an international level. Scanning Ocean Sectors ensure that the vocational, practical skills and knowledge relate to the specific useful competencies. Our training forms the core background information and provides the backbone of content to support students in the field. In addition to the core training required for this profession, we provide additional advanced training and specialised training for specific hard and software equipment where required. Continuous support is provided to all our training students from the moment they qualify and unlike other courses, we offer a legal refresher course every *3 years*. Industries today recognise the need to continue training beyond initial qualifications, to maintain, upgrade and update skills throughout staffs work time. We can provide this professional development for each and every person who is trained by our company, please ask for a quotation <https://www.scanningoceansectors.com/contact/>. The practical unit of “on-the-job training” has a general reputation as being the most effective for vocational work, so this is exactly what we do. Students are in a simulated work environment and will have to respond to each and every situation we put their way; this is completed in the classroom and at sea, every student is carefully monitored throughout this training process and assess accordingly. Each student is *graded* in their certification to ensure the professional quality standard of the PAMO/MMO/MFO. We are the only course that gives Passive Acoustic Monitoring Operator and Marine Mammal Observer Identification Cards to each qualifying PAMO/MMO/MFO attaining any grades *above* a standard pass rate. Please note you must register and pay at the same time. If you require group training, please contact us and ask for a quotation <https://www.scanningoceansectors.com/contact/>. Our training course dates are below and there are still places available for the courses. For full dates and prices please visit: https://www.passiveacousticmonitortraining.com/course/dates/ https://www.passiveacousticmonitortraining.com/prices/ *PAMO Training Course Dates in UK and Australia * *UK* · *AUGUST 11-12th * · *SEPTEMBER 29th – 30th * *AU* · *JULY 16-17th * · *SEPTEMBER 12-13th* · *NOVEMBER 14-15th * · *DECEMBER 1-2nd * *NZ* · *JANUARY – 18TH – 19TH 2017* *CARIBBEAN* *PLEASE CONTACT US FOR DATES OR pre book.* *BRAZIL* *More dates to be arranged – please pre book.* *SA* *More dates to be arranged – please pre book.* *CANADA* *PLEASE CONTACT US FOR DATES OR pre book.* *Register Online* Passive Acoustic Monitor International Training Course http://www.passiveacousticmonitortraining.com/register/ *Other Useful Links* Passive Acoustic Monitor International Training Course on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PassiveAcousticMonitorTrainingCourse?fref=ts Marine Mammal Observer Training on Facebook www.facebook.com/marinemammalobservertrainingcourses Marine Mammal Magazine on Facebook www.facebook.com/marinemammalobservertrainingcourses Marine Mammal Jobs on Facebook www.facebook.com/marinemammaljobs With regards, *Yvonne Miles* Managing Director yvonne(a)scanningoceansectors.com www.scanningoceansectors.com www.marinemammaljobs.com -- *Yvonne Miles* Managing Director www.scanningoceansectors.com www.marinemammaljobs.com www.facebook.com/scanningoceansectors

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Marine Mammal Observer course - July - Perth - Western Australia
by Yvonne Miles - Scanning Ocean Sectors 27 Jun '16

27 Jun '16

*We are pleased to announce a MMO training course - Perth Western Australia July 2016.* *Scanning Ocean Sectors* specialises in training, consultancy and supply of *Marine Mammal Observer (MMO)* / *Marine Fauna Observer (MFO) *worldwide. We are JNCC recognised/approved course for industry and research for the UKCS and have been effectively running for over 13 years. We have years of research behind the effective and consistent training of MMOs/MFOs including courses adapted/personalised to the requirements of our clients, and taught by professionals in their specialised fields. Our staff are fully trained and experienced in all areas of the MMO/MFO line of work. Our training courses are about ensuring professionalism and high standards of knowledge within the industry. Our highly experienced staff facilitate private training courses to students in a classroom environment, attaining new theoretical and practical skills and competencies on an international level. Scanning Ocean Sectors ensure that the vocational, practical skills and knowledge relate to the specific useful competencies. Our training forms the core background information and provides the backbone of content to support students in the field. In addition to the core training required for this profession, we provide additional advanced training and specialised training for specific hard and software equipment where required. Continuous support is provided to all our training students from the moment they qualify and unlike other courses, we offer a legal refresher course every *3 years*. Industries today recognise the need to continue training beyond initial qualifications, to maintain, upgrade and update skills throughout staffs work time. We can provide this professional development for each and every person who is trained by our company, please ask for a quotation <https://www.scanningoceansectors.com/contact/>. The practical unit of “on-the-job training” has a general reputation as being the most effective for vocational work, so this is exactly what we do. Students are in a simulated work environment and will have to respond to each and every situation we put their way; this is completed in the classroom and at sea, every student is carefully monitored throughout this training process and assess accordingly. Each student is *graded* in their certification to ensure the professional quality standard of the MMO/MFO. We are the only course that gives Marine Mammal Observer Identification Cards to each qualifying MMO attaining any grades above a standard pass rate. Please note you must register and pay at the same time. If you require group training, please contact us and ask for a quotation <https://www.scanningoceansectors.com/contact/>. For full prices please visit www.marinemammalobservertraining.com/prices/. *MMO Training Course Date in 2016* *AU* - *July 12th - 15th* - *September 5th - 8th* - *November 7th - 10th* - *December 5th - 8th* *UK* - *August 1st - 4th* - *October 3rd - 6th* *CARIBBEAN* *PLEASE CONTACT US FOR DATES OR **pre book.* *BRAZIL* *More dates to be arranged – please pre book.* *SA* *More dates to be arranged – please pre book.* *CANADA* *PLEASE CONTACT US FOR DATES OR **pre book.* REGISTER NOW <http://www.marinemammalobservertraining.com/register/> Visit the website to register for the next MMO course. www.marinemammalobservertraining.com/register/ -- *Yvonne Miles* Managing Director www.scanningoceansectors.com www.marinemammaljobs.com www.facebook.com/scanningoceansectors

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Post-doc on Steller sea lion habitat modeling
by Leigh Torres 26 Jun '16

26 Jun '16

Dear MARMAM community, The Alaska SeaLife Center inSeward, Alaska, is recruiting for a postdoctoral researcher in EcologicalModeling. This 17 month position locatedin Seward will analyze existing tracking data from juvenile Steller sea lionsin the Gulf of Alaska. This is a collaborative project between the ASLC, OregonState University and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. For details and applicationmaterial, please visit:https://alaskasealifecenter.gatherdocs.com/listing/2459 The position will remain open until July 13, 2016. Cheers, Markus Horning Science Director Alaska SeaLife Center Direct: (907) 224-6324 P.O. Box 1329 • 301 Railway Ave • Seward, AK 99664 www.alaskasealife.org

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Phylogenetic data analysis using R
by Oliver Hooker 23 Jun '16

23 Jun '16

"Introduction to phylogenetic analysis with R" Delivered by Dr. Emmanuel Paradis http://prstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-phylogenetic-analysis-with-r… This course will run from 31st October – 4th November, Millport Field Station, Ilse of Cumbrae, Scotland The main objectives of the course are to teach the theoretical bases of phylogenetic analysis, and to give the ability to initiate a phylogenetic analysis starting from the files of molecular sequences until the interpretation of the results and the graphics. The introduction will cover a brief historical background and an overview of the different methods of phylogenetic inference. Different kinds of data will be considered, but with a special emphasis on DNA sequences. The software used will be based on R and several specialized packages (particularly ape and phangorn). Other software will be used (e.g., MUSCLE or Clustal) called from R. Overall, the course will cover almost all aspects of phylogenetic inference from reading/downloading the data to plotting the results. This course is intended for PhD and postgraduate students, researchers and engineers in evolutionary biology, systematics, population genetics, ecology, conservation. Course content is as follows Day 1 • Refresher on R: data structures, data manipulation with the indexing system, scripts, using the help system. • Introduction to phylogenetic inference. • Basics on phylogenetic data (sequences, alignments, trees, networks, “splits”) and other data in R. • Reading / writing data from files or from internet. • Matching data. Manipulating labels. Subsetting data. • Main package: ape. Day 2 • Plotting and annotating trees. • Theory of sequence alignment. Comparing alignments. Graphical analyses of alignments. • Main packages: ape (with MUSCLE and Clustal). Day 3 • Theory and methods of phylogeny reconstruction. • Parsimony methods. • Evolutionary distances. • Distance-based methods: General principles and the main methods (NJ, BIONJ, FastME, MVR). • Methods for incomplete distances matrices (NJ*, BIONJ*, MVR*). Methods for combining several matrices (SDM). • Main packages: ape, phangorn. Day 4 • Theory of maximum likelihood estimation. • Application to phylogeny reconstruction. • Substitution models. • Tree space and topology estimation. • Main packages: ape, phangorn. Day 5 • Tree comparison, consensus methods. • Topological space and distances. • Bootstrap. • Bayesian methods. Please email any inquiries to oliverhooker(a)prstatistics.com or visit our website www.prstatistics.com Please feel free to distribute this material anywhere you feel is suitable Upcoming courses - email for details oliverhooker(a)prstatistics.com 1. ADVANCES IN SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF MULTIVARIATE ECOLOGICAL DATA (July) 2. INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS USING LINUX (August) 3. GENETIC DATA ANALYSIS / EXPLORATION USING R (August) 4. INTRODUCTION TO BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODELLING (August) 5. INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON FOR BIOLOGISTS (October) 6. LANDSCAPE (POPULATION) GENETIC DATA ANALYSIS USING R (October) 7. APPLIED BAYESIAN MODELLING FOR ECOLOGISTS AND EPIDEMIOLOGISTS (October) 8. SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGIC AL DATA USING R (November) 9. ADVANCING IN STATISTICAL MODELLING USING R (December) 10. MODEL BASED MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL DATA USING R (January) 11. ADVACNED PYTHON FOR BIOLOGISTS (February) 12. NETWORK ANALYSIS FOR ECOLOGISTS (March) 13. INTRODUCTION TO GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS USING R (June) Dates still to be confirmed - email for details oliverhooker(a)prstatistics.com • STABLE ISOTOPE MIXING MODELS USING SIAR, SIBER AND MIXSIAR USING R • INTRODUCTION TO R AND STATISTICS FOR BIOLOGISTS • BIOINFORMATICS FOR GENETICISTS AND BIOLOGISTS Oliver Hooker PR statistics 3/1 128 Brunswick Street Glasgow G1 1TF +44 (0) 7966500340 www.prstatistics.com www.prstatistics.com/organiser/oliver-hooker/

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Consultation on Species at Risk - proposed Action Plans for the Northern and Southern Resident Killer Whale; and the Blue, Fin, Sei and North Pacific Right Whale
by Thornton, Sheila 22 Jun '16

22 Jun '16

Greetings, The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans will be posting several federal Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategies, Action Plans and Management Plans on the Species at Risk Public Registry<http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=24F7211B-1> in the coming days, including the proposed Action Plan for the Northern and Southern Resident Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) in Canada, and the proposed Partial Action Plan for Blue, Fin, Sei and North Pacific Right Whales (Balaenoptera musculus, B. physalus, B. borealis, and Eubalaena japonica) in Canadian Pacific Waters. Comments you may have on these proposed recovery documents are requested within 60 days of each document being posted on the Species at Risk Public Registry. You may make your comments through the Public Consultation<http://www.registrelep-sararegistry.gc.ca/involved/consultation/default_e.c…> page of the Species at Risk Public Registry. I would also encourage you to subscribe to the Species at Risk Public Registry email newsletter<http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/involved/newsletter/default_e.cfm> so that you receive notifications of public consultations. Yours sincerely, Martin Nantel Acting Regional Manager, Species at Risk Program Pacific Region Fisheries and Oceans Canada

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PAM course - New Orleans, September 2016
by Sam Nichols 21 Jun '16

21 Jun '16

*PAM Level 1 Course * *30 September - 2 October** 2016* *Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Nr New Orleans, Louisiana* * Seiche Training is running its three day PAM course for the first time in New Orleans this September. This course provides the skills needed to become an offshore PAM operator. Run by Seiche's highly experienced team with thorough support material, interactive PAMGuard workshops and a boat session, this course will expand delegates' knowledge of acoustic monitoring and provide insight into industry requirements for environmental mitigation. * *Certificate for offshore work awarded upon successful completion of the course. * *Please contact us for further information by email (**training(a)seiche.com <training(a)seiche.com>**) or visit our website ( **www.seichetraining.com <http://www.seichetraining.com/>** ).*

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